Improved gate



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Gate.

Patented March 28, 1865.

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FRANKLIN BALL, OF GLEONA, IOWA.

IMPRVED GATE.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN BALL, of4

Cleona, in the county of Scott and State of Iowa, have invented a newand Improved Gate; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description gate; and it consists in constructin g thegate in such a manner that it will be balanced, or nearly so, on itshinges, open and close laterally, like an ordinary hinged gate, and atthe same time be capable of being opened by elevating or raising itvertically, the latter mode being resorted to if snow or ice or otherobstruct-ions oi' any kind should prevent it from opening laterally.

A A represent two posts, which are sunk in the ground at a suitabledistance apart, and B is a post,the lower end of which is provided witha journal, the latter being fitted in a suitable step arranged in anysuitable way in the ground adjoining the post A. The upper part of postB has a round or cylindrical portion on which a strap, C, is fitted, to

serve as a guide or bearing for the post B,-

said strap being provided with a bolt, tang, or arm, a, which passeshorizontally through post A.

The post B is allowed to turn freely, and to its upper end there isattached, by a screw or pivot-bolt, b, a bar, D, which has twolongitudinal parallel grooves, c c, made in its under side, as shownclearly in Fig. 2. In these grooves c c the upper ends of the pickets dare tted and secured by screws or bolts e, passing into the centralpiece, e', of bar D,between the grooves c c.

The pickets d are fitted alternately in the two grooves c c, and thelower parts of said pickets are secured by screws or bolts f to a bar,E, the rear end of which is secured by a screw .or bolt, g, to the lowerpart of post B. (See Fig. l.)

The bar D extends considerably beyond the post B, and has a weight, F,secured upon it to serve as a counterpoise for the gate and prevent theposts B and A being subjected to any undue strain under the weight ofthegate, either while the latter is stationary or being opened and closedlaterally; and it willbe seen from the above description that the gatemay be opened and closed vertically. It is shown partially elevated inred in Fig. l, the weight F serving as a counterpoise in this adjustmentof the gate, as well as in the other.

The gate closes against the post A,-and when the gate is in a horizontalposition and opened and closed laterally the several parts are retainedfixed by means of a bar, G, one end of which is secured by a screw orbolt,g to the lower rear part ofthe gate, and the opposite end tted on apin, t', at the upper front part ofthe gate, as shown clearly in Fig. 2.

In opening the gate by raising it the bar g is removed from the pin i.In consequence of fitting the upper ends of the picketsI d in grooves cin the under side of bar l), the latter is made to serve as a cap andprevent snow and ice from interfering with the operation of the gate.

I claim as new'and desire to secure by Letters Patentv l. A gateconstructed substantially as described, or in any equivalent way, so asto be capable of being opened and closed by raising or lowering it in avertical plane, when said gate is hung so as to swing and .open andclose laterally, substantially as described.

2. The bar D, pivoted to post B, grooved at its under side to receivethe upper ends of the pickets d.

FRANKLIN BALL.

Witnesses J Essie C. REED, J onN OLDs.

